The Department of Health has suspended visiting hours at all public health facilities in the country with immediate effect amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The department however says there may be unique cases where Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) will be allowed to use their own discretion.

Debt servicing costs are among government’s top four expenditure items in the 2020/21 budget allocations. This receives about 25% of the total expenditure, pushing it into fourth position on the list of allocations.